On this International Day, let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.

Between now and 2015, we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities for millions upon millions of people.

The future of any leader or political systems is to be determined by the people of the country.

It is but a short step from hunger to starvation, from disease to death.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.

A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed.

We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today – climate change – into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future.